Viktor Petrenko - Chronology

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Catches the notice of Galina Zmievskaya, for his talent as a skater at age 10

1980

Masters a triple jump at age 11

1983

Earns a place on the senior National team (of the U.S.S.R)

1984

Tours Europe and American with top international skaters

1992

Joins the 40-city Tour of Champions (U.S.); marries Nina Melnik on June 19 in Odessa; enters first professional competition; moves to Las Vegas with his family

1994

Resumes amateur status according to new ISU ruling; returns to Odessa to train for the Olympics; wins a spot on the Ukrainian Olympic team bound for Lillehammer; moves with his family to Simsbury, Connecticut

1994-95

Joins the "Nutcracker on Ice" tour; suffers a slipped disk; competes in the Tournament of Champions

1995

Loses family friend and former teammate Sergei Grinkov, to a heart attack on November 20

1996

Assumes the role of the Beast in Disney's "Beauty and the Beast"; buys a house in Simsbury

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